. Bicentenary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, January seventeen, nineteen hundred and six. er, Spring Titles Planets Motions Scjnurual Arpc£t<, Sun and Moons RIGng and Sel-ling, Length of Days, Time of High , Onirti, and oWcrvable DayFitted to the LariruHeol Fortv Degrees,and a Merirtian of Fiv Hoor» Wfrt G-otT I tnJm,bur may without fenfiSle Error fcrve ah ihe ad-jacent Places, even from Ktivfeundhxl ro Scuth-Cirolhia Fy PHIL ADFLPHI A:Printed and fold by fi , at the NewI Printing neai he Market The Third Imprcflloc. FACSIMILE OP THECO
. Bicentenary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, January seventeen, nineteen hundred and six. er, Spring Titles Planets Motions Scjnurual Arpc£t<, Sun and Moons RIGng and Sel-ling, Length of Days, Time of High , Onirti, and oWcrvable DayFitted to the LariruHeol Fortv Degrees,and a Merirtian of Fiv Hoor» Wfrt G-otT I tnJm,bur may without fenfiSle Error fcrve ah ihe ad-jacent Places, even from Ktivfeundhxl ro Scuth-Cirolhia Fy PHIL ADFLPHI A:Printed and fold by fi , at the NewI Printing neai he Market The Third Imprcflloc. FACSIMILE OP THECOVEli OF POOU UICH-ARDS AliilANACK. Bicentenary ofBenjamiQ pranKlios BirtF)January SeveQteenNineteeo Hundred and Six Under the Auspices pranKlin Business Association praoKlin, Massachusetts TIIK SENTIXKL rilKSS FRANKLIN. GiftPublish 3lJa07 The Many-Sided pran^lin MechanicDesigner EngraverPriQterEditor JournalistAuthor PublisherEssayistMoralist PhilosopherPoetFarmer Trader Soldier MusicianAthlete ReforroerplQancierStatesrrjonDiplomatScieQtistInventor Society ManWit aod Philanthropist. IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS. Dale Age 1706 1714 8 1716 10 171S 12 1720 14 1723 17 1724 18 1725 19 1726 20 1727 21 1729 23 1730 24 1732 26 1733 27 1736 30 1737 31 1742 36 1744 38 1749 43 1752 46 1753 47 Events Is born in Boston, Jan. 17 (Jan. 6, old style,) the lotlicliild oi Josiali and Abiali(Folger) Franklin. Senl to --chool. Taken out of school to assist his father in his tallow-chandlers shop. Becomes an apprentice in the printing office of hisbrother. Anonynionsly contributetl literarj- articles to theNe\v England Courant. Runs a\Yay to Philadelphia. Goes to London. Works at his trade in London. Returns to Philadelphia to work in dry goods store. Is ill. Couipo-^es his epitaph. Organizes a literaryclub called the Junto. Pnblishes the Penns3-lvania Gazette. Marries Deborah Reed (Rogers,) Sept. i. Founds the Philadelphia librar_y, the first circulatinglil)rary in the coiuitr}-. Begins jniblicati
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